Superconducting magnetic energy storage for BPA transmission line stabilization
- 1. Los Alamos Nat.'l Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545
Description
The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) operates the electrical transmission system that joins the Pacific Northwest with southern California. A 30 MJ (8.4 kWh) Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES) unit with a 10 MW converter is being installed at the Tacoma Substation to provide system damping for low frequency oscillations of 0.35 Hz. The integrated system status is described and reviewed. Components included in the system are the superconducting coil, seismically mounted in an epoxy fiberglass nonconducting dewar; a helium refrigerator; a heat rejection subsystem; a high pressure gas recovery subsystem; a liquid nitrogen trailer; the converter with power transformers and switchgear; and a computer system for remote microwave link operation of the SMES unit
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- IEEE Trans. Magn.
- Journal Volume
- 19
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Series
- IEEE Trans. Magn.
- Journal Page Range
- 1078-1080
- ISSN
- 0018-9464
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 15034903
- Subject category
- S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
- Descriptors DEI
- DC TO DC CONVERTERS; HELIUM DILUTION REFRIGERATORS; LOAD MANAGEMENT; POWER SYSTEMS; POWER TRANSMISSION LINES; SPECIFICATIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING COILS; SUPERCONDUCTIVE ENERGY STORAGE; US DOE
- Descriptors DEC
- ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ENERGY STORAGE; EQUIPMENT; MANAGEMENT; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; REFRIGERATORS; STORAGE; US ORGANIZATIONS